English-Thai Dictionary

sphinx

N รูปปั้น สัตว์ประหลาด ใน นิยาย กรีก  ลำตัว เป็น สิงโต แต่ มีหัว เป็น คน  สฟิงซ์  rub-pan-sad-pa-lad-nai-ni-yai-krik

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SPHINX

n.[L. sphinx. ] 1. A famous monster in Egypt, having the body of a lion and the face of a young woman.
2. In entomology, the hawk-moth, a genus of insects.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SPHINX

Sphinx, n. Etym: [L., from Gr. sfi `gx, usually derived from sfi `ggein to bind tight or together, as if the Throttler. ]

 

1. (a ) In Egyptian art, an image of granite or porphyry, having a human head, or the head of a ram or of a hawk, upon the wingless body of a lion. The awful ruins of the days of old. .. Or jasper tomb, or mutilated sphinx. Shelley.

 

(b ) On Greek art and mythology, a she-monster, usually represented as having the winged body of a lion, and the face and breast of a young woman.

 

Note: The most famous Grecian sphinx, that of Thebes in Boeotia, is said to have proposed a riddle to the Thebans, and killed those who were unable to guess it. The enigma was solved by "Subtle as sphinx. " Shak.

 

2. Hence: A person of enigmatical character and purposes, especially in politics and diplomacy.

 

3. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Any one of numerous species of large moths of the family Sphingidæ; -- called also hawk moth.

 

Note: The larva is a stout naked caterpillar which, when at rest, often assumes a position suggesting the Egyptian sphinx, whence the name.

 

4. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: The Guinea, or sphinx, baboon (Cynocephalus sphinx ). Sphinx baboon (Zoöl.), a large West African baboon (Cynocephalus sphinx ), often kept in menageries. -- Sphinx moth. (Zoöl.) Same as Sphinx, 3.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

sphinx

sphinx |sfiNGks sfɪŋks | ▶noun 1 ( Sphinx ) Greek Mythology a winged monster of Thebes, having a woman's head and a lion's body. It propounded a riddle about the three ages of man, killing those who failed to solve it, until Oedipus was successful, whereupon the Sphinx committed suicide. • (the Sphinx ) an ancient Egyptian stone figure having a lion's body and a human or animal head, esp. the huge statue near the Pyramids at Giza. • (usu. sphinx ) an enigmatic or inscrutable person. 2 (also sphinx moth ) another term for hawk moth. ORIGIN late Middle English: via Latin from Greek Sphinx, apparently from sphingein ‘draw tight. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

sphinx

sphinx |sfɪŋks | ▶noun 1 ( Sphinx ) Greek Mythology a winged monster of Thebes, having a woman's head and a lion's body. It propounded a riddle about the three ages of man, killing those who failed to solve it, until Oedipus was successful, whereupon the Sphinx committed suicide. • an ancient Egyptian stone figure having a lion's body and a human or animal head, especially the huge statue near the Pyramids at Giza. • an enigmatic or inscrutable person. 2 North American term for hawkmoth. ORIGIN late Middle English: via Latin from Greek Sphinx, apparently from sphingein ‘draw tight ’.

 

Duden Dictionary

Sphinx

Sphinx Substantiv, feminin , die |Sph i nx |die Sphinx; Genitiv: der Sphinx Ungeheuer in Gestalt eines geflügelten Löwen mit Frauenkopf, das jeden Vorüberkommenden verschlingt, der sein ihm aufgegebenes Rätsel nicht lösen kann das Rätsel der Sphinx | figurativ lächeln wie eine Sphinx (unergründlich, rätselhaft lächeln ) | figurativ sie ist eine Sphinx (ein rätselhafter, undurchschaubarer Mensch )

 

Sphinx

Sphinx Substantiv, feminin oder Substantiv, maskulin , die oder der |Sph i nx |die Sphinx; Genitiv: der Sphinx, Plural: die Sphinxe, (Archäologie meist : ) der Sphinx; Genitiv: des Sphinx, Plural: die Sphinxe und Sphingen lateinisch Sphinx < griechisch Sphígx, Herkunft ungeklärt, vielleicht zu: sphíggein (Sphinkter ) in der Bedeutung »(durch Zauber ) festbinden «altägyptisches Steinbild in Löwengestalt, meist mit Männerkopf, als Sinnbild der übermenschlichen Kraft des Königs oder Gottes die Sphinx von Gise

 

French Dictionary

sphinx

sphinx n. m. nom masculin 1 Dans l ’Égypte ancienne, personnage mythique à corps de lion et à tête humaine chargé de garder les tombeaux. Note Typographique En ce sens, le nom s ’écrit avec une minuscule; le féminin peu usité de ce nom est sphinge. 2 figuré Personne énigmatique. : Ce président est un sphinx. Prononciation Le x est sonore, [sfɛ̃ks ], comme dans lynx Note Orthographique s ph in x.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

sphinx

sphinx /sfɪŋ (k )s /〖＜ギリシャ 〗名詞 C 1 〖the S- 〗〘ギ神 〙スフィンクス 〘女面獅 （し ） 身の怪物 〙; スフィンクス像 〘pyramid付近にある古代エジプト人が建造した人面獅身の石像 〙.2 不可解な人, なぞの人物 .